Full Report for Listed Buildings


The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.

Summary Description


Reference Number
84099
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
28/02/2005  
Date of Amendment
28/02/2005  
Name of Property
No.2 Argoed Cottages  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Powys  
Community
Nantmel  
Town
 
Locality
Doldowlod  
Easting
299478  
Northing
262844  
Street Side
SW  
Location
Set back from the road opposite Argoed Mill Gallery. No 2 is the middle cottage of the row.  

Description


Broad Class
 
Period
 

History
Doldowlod Estate cottages built in the late C19 and shown on the 1889 Ordnance Survey.  

Exterior
 

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Listed for its special architectural interest as part of a well-preserved group of estate cottages of definite quality and architectural character, and for its contribution to the overall historic character of Argoed hamlet.  

Group Description
1-3 Argoed Cottages Three cottages forming a single symmetrical composition, comprising a 2-storey central range (No 2) with outer 1½-storey cross wings (Nos 1 and 3) which have lower eaves and entrances in the side walls. Of snecked rubble with brick quoins and dressings, and steep slate roof with 2 brick ridge stacks. Windows are original small-pane wooden casements. The central 3-window cottage (No 2) has a half-glazed panelled door with overlight, within an open lean-to porch on posts. It has 2-light windows, with transoms in the lower storey and shorter in the upper storey. The central upper window is below a brick gable. The outer cottages (Nos 1 and 3) have central doorways in the side walls with half-glazed panelled doors and overlights, and a pentice across the entire elevation on wooden posts. Above each doorway is a 2-light brick half dormer. In the gable ends, facing the road, are 3-light transomed bay windows in the lower storey and 2-light windows above. The rear is slate hung in the upper storey, has 2-light upper-storey windows in the cross wings, with additions in the lower storey.  

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